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Border row a double blow for businesses
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 20/09/2025
» The Thai-Cambodian territorial conflict has curtailed border trade and raised worries over the future of Thai businesses in the neighbouring country, as well as Cambodian workers in Thailand.
Vietnam is guiding the dong lower as US tariffs threaten exports
Published on 19/09/2025
» Vietnam is using the age-old tactic of currency depreciation to gain a competitive advantage over its Southeast Asian peers as nations look for ways to ease the burden from US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs.
An Asean free from 'wars on drugs'
Oped, Published on 19/09/2025
» Asean governments recently met in Singapore for a regional meeting about drugs, where the host nation urged renewed commitment to a "drug-free region". The problem isn't simply the recycling of an outdated mantra first declared in 1998, nor the fact that the region's drug markets have only expanded since then, but that this approach ignores how government policies themselves shape those markets -- and the devastating harms that follow.
Why Thai-Cambodian border conflict still festers
Dave Kendall, Published on 17/09/2025
» The border between Thailand and Cambodia is more than just a frontier. It is the product of ancient civilisations, colonial ambitions, and a century-old map that continues to stir anger and pride.
Shares advance as more US rate cuts expected
Business, Published on 13/09/2025
» RECAP: Asian share markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday as expectations for as many as three US interest rate cuts by year-end promised to lower borrowing costs globally, a relief to stressed bond markets and a drag on the dollar.
Thai factory demand brisk as firms flee China
Published on 11/09/2025
» WHA Corp, Thailand’s biggest factory developer, is building new industrial parks in Thailand and Vietnam to meet demand from Chinese manufacturers rushing to relocate production abroad and dodge a US-China trade war.
Nuengrutai to lead Thai bid for SEA Games gold
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 10/09/2025
» The Football Association of Thailand (FAT) has appointed Nuengrutai Srathongvian, a former Thailand international, as the new head coach of the national women's team.
Trump escalates crackdown threats with Chicago 'war' warning
AFP, Published on 07/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to unleash his newly rebranded "Department of War" on Chicago, further heightening tensions over his push to deploy troops into Democratic-led US cities.
A magician from the trenches of war
Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/09/2025
» Last month PostScript mentioned the strange phenomenon of how the 1950s British ventriloquist Peter Brough and his schoolboy dummy Archie Andrews had a successful radio show called Educating Archie. Although Brough's ventriloquist skills was a visual art and seemed wasted on radio it didn't appear to bother listeners.
Folk music documentary taps into Dylan revival
AFP, Published on 05/09/2025
» VENICE - A new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of a pivotal moment in folk music history taps into a revival of interest in Bob Dylan thanks to the recent biopic “A Complete Unknown”, which starred Timothee Chalamet.